Conveying apparatus.



No. 815,963. A PATENTED MARQ27, 1906. Y c. H. LOGHBR. 'GONVBYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1901.

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PATENTED MAR. 27,1906.

GJH. LOGHER.

- CONVEYING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED mums, 1901.

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G. H. LOGHBR.

CONVEYING APPARATUS.

Arrmon'lon 211.21) Jun. 28, 1901.

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CHARLES H. LOOHER, or LEMONT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LIDGERWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, AQCORPORATION or NEW YORK.

CONVEYING IAPPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented March 27, 1906.

Application filed June 28, i901. Serial No, 66,390.

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LOOHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lemont, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved; Conveying Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in conveying apparatus, and comprises the novel features hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the car-v Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken between the sup orting-wheels. Fig. ais a sectional plan ta en beneath the supportingwheels. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation taken between the two supporting-wheels at the left inFig. 5. Fig. 7isasectional plan taken below the supporting-wheels. Figs.

8 and 9 are respectively front and side elevations ofa fall-rope carrier.

My invention, as shown in the drawings, comprises a cableway upon which are placed two load-carriages, means being provided for independently operating said carriages and the loads carried thereby from opposite ends of the cableway.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a supporting or -traokway'cable A, carried by two elevated supports S and S. Upon this trackway are mounted-two load carriages O and C, which, as shown, are slightly different in construction, such difference not, however, affecting" my invention, as they may both be alike and may also be of a different construction from either of those shown.

Two independent operating mechanisms are employed one for each carriage, so that each carriage and its load may be controlled independently of theother, except as limited in position along the cableway by reason of their both traveling on the same trackway. As herein shown, these mechanisms are wholly independent of each other and separated,

consisting of engines I and I and their drums,

. placed one at each end of the trackway. It

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is evident, however, that both engines might be placed at the same end of the trackway,

and, in fact, a single engine or other motor.

might be used to operate both sets of drums. The arrangement shown is, however, the

Each of these carriage-operating mechanisms comprises a traction or 'traversing drum, as B B, a hoisting-drum, as H H, and a traction-rope, as b b andb b and a hoisting or fall rope, as h h The traction-drums B B are of the winch or endless-rope style, about which the traction-ropes are wrapped. One run 1) of "the rope from drum B passes over a guide-sheave 1 on the support S and is secured to the carriage C. The other run b of the same rope passes. over guide-sheave 6 on support S, thence over guide-sheaves 12 and 9 on support S and through guides on carriage C to an attachment at the other end of the carriage C. The other traction-rope from the drum B follows a similar course to its connections with the carriage C. The run I) thereofpasses over guide-sheave 7 upon support S and is then secured to the carriage C The other run b passes over guide-sheave 11 on support S, guide-sheaves 5' andi3 on support S','through guides on carriage O and is then secured to the other end of carriage C The hoisting or fall rope h from drum H passes over guide-sheave 2 on support 5 and then to the carriage C, where it passes over suitable guide sheave or sheaves. As shown, it is a threeart fall, employing two sheaves f and f on. t e carriage anda sheave on the fall-block F, the end of the rope being at tached to the fall-block. The course of the other hoisting or fall rope h from the drum II is similar, it passing-over guide-sheave 8 0n su port S to the carriage 0.

Fa l-rope carriers'D D are provided, which support the fall-ropes and the traction-ropes. These may be distributed and controlled by any suitable mechanism. Horns E and E upon the two carriages and a button-rope G are shown, thebutton-rope being kept under tension by a weight G.

The carriage C, which is shown in detail in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, is in the main of a common past t 's carriage and is retained within guides formed by the wheels or sheaves k k,

which are journaled in the frame of the carriage and an auxiliary frame K and embrace the rope b by their flanges.

The carriage Cis like the carriage C, except that it has the additional sheaves and other parts necessary for the operation of an aerial dump. This may be omitted from or placed upon either or both carriages. These parts comprise the two sheaves tand 25 which are journaled u on a common axis, the trip-rope t, and the guise-sheave i A trip fall-block T is combined with the fall-block F, a tripdrum T is provided on the engine, and a guide sheave 4 on the support S. This carriage is also provided with the guide-sheaves 7c for the traction-rope of the other carriage.

The fall-rope carriers D are shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 9. These are provided with inclined members d adapted to engage the trackway-cable A, a block at for engagement by the horn, a pulley d for supporting the traction-rope b, a pulley d for supporting the hoist or fall rope h, a pulley d for supporting the traction-rope b and a pulley d or supporting the dump-rope t.

In operating my device it is designed that one carriage should travel outward While the other is moving inward, or at least while the other is sufficiently near its end of the cableway as to not interfere with the travel of said carriage to the desired point. By properly timing the movements of the carriages either carriage may be used to transfer loads to or from substantially the whole length of the trackway, although each carriage would preferably be employed as nearly as possible to cover the space beneath its half of the cableway, thus saving travel of the carriages and time. In cases where material may be taken from or delivered to either end of the cableway this arrangement will largely increase the capacity of the eableway without proportionally increasing its cost. By properly dividing the work between the two carriages they need never interfere with each other.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cableway, in combination, asingle trackway, two carriages thereon, separate hoisting and traversing mechanisms for each carriage, a hoisting-rope carrier for the hoisting-rope of each oi said carriages and a single button-rope supporting the carriers-of both hoisting-ropes.

2. As an article of manufacture a rope-carrier containing, in combination, members for engagin respectively, two carriage tractionropes, a misting-rope, the supportmg-cable, a button-rope and the carria e-horn.

3. In a cableway, in com lnnation, a single trackway, two carriages thereon, separate hoisting mechanisms for each carriage, an outhaul traction-rope for each carriage, a hoisting-rope carrier for each hoisting-rope and means of engagement on each carrier with both outhaul traction-ropes.

4. In a cableway, in combination, a single trackway, two carriages thereon, separate hoisting mechanism for each carriage and two endless traction-ropes each ailixed to one carria e and forming a running engagement with the other carriage.-

5. In a cableway, in combination, a single trackway, two carriages thereon, separate hoisting mechanisms for each carriage, a separate carrier for each. hoisting-rope and two endless traction-ropes each aflixed to one carria e and forming a running engagement wit the other carriage and with said hoistingrope carriers.

6. In a cableway, in combination, a single trackway, two carriages thereon, a separate hoisting-rope carrier cooperating with each carriage and a single button-rope forming a running engagement with all of said carriers and carriages.

CHARLES H. LUOHER. 

